This lack of churn means that there is
less opportunity for teachers of color to enter the teaching workforce.
It is certainly true that if states vary widely from the Common Core, there will be
less opportunity for teachers and principals to collaborate and share resources across states.
Not exact matches
Non-Jews wishing to become
teachers and scientists and professional men are able to find more or
less open
opportunities for the exercise of their talents.
There should also be
opportunities to create a variety of differentiated roles
for teachers — so that they can pursue their strengths and don't have to be frustrated by their weaknesses (much as happens in other fields)-- as well as increasingly creative
opportunities for team teaching, both in a school environment as well as virtually across geographies, to make teaching far
less isolating and provide far more
opportunities for recognition among one's peers.
This opens the
opportunity for teacher - directed content during play, integrating required curriculum concepts that might otherwise have been
less engaging.
«Glossing» is a technique that streamlines the revision process
for teachers and students, allowing
for more effective conference time and focused assessment
opportunities, more meaningful reflective writing and revision time, and
less time wrangling with paper load.
For example, they suggest that the parents of low - income, minority, and low - achieving children are much
less likely to take advantage of informal
opportunities to exercise choice from among
teachers.
Given that K — 12 education is facing its own financial crisis and that
teacher salaries have not risen along with tuition, rising costs
for education degrees may make teaching a
less attractive
opportunity for talented individuals.
In fact,
for all the talk about the «democratic values» implicit in local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused
less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local
teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation
opportunities of the school system as an end in itself.
Attracting and retaining qualified
teachers is very difficult when starting salaries hover around $ 25,000, many
teachers» salaries average
less than $ 40,000, and
teachers have little
opportunity for advancement.
Feedback on the fly is perfect
for novice
teachers because oftentimes they are more open to this experience and
less likely to turn down the
opportunity to try something new.
If constituents are willing to accept
less - than - perfectly - integrated schools in the interest of better serving different constituencies and drawing on
teacher strengths, it will be crucial to monitor those schools
for resource equity and academic quality and to provide students with frequent
opportunities to interact meaningfully with students from the other learning communities.
«One benefit of sustained PD may be the
opportunity for teachers to continue their learning outside the formal meetings of the program, whether in their own classroom, in collaboration with colleagues, or by
less formal means.
Alternatively, at universities where there is
less occasion to coordinate across methods courses or limited
opportunities within those courses
for teacher candidates to discuss writing instruction (e.g., in writing pedagogies and linguistics courses that are also taken by students of other majors), English
teacher educators might foster online dialog with
teacher candidates at other institutions that teach similar courses.
«But I also came to appreciate what many students had told me about virtual learning: Compared with regular school, there's
less interaction with
teachers, fewer
opportunities for creative expression, and little chance to bounce around ideas with classmates.
For Taylor, a twenty - something who wears jeans and sneakers to work, other job prospects offered less opportunity for her to team up with other teache
For Taylor, a twenty - something who wears jeans and sneakers to work, other job prospects offered
less opportunity for her to team up with other teache
for her to team up with other
teachers.
For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyo
For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and
less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the
opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More
opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyo
for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances
for students to be successful in high school and beyo
for students to be successful in high school and beyond.
Young
teachers today say that they are
less motivated than previous generations by a career in which their work responsibilities do not change over the course of their employment.16 Moreover, young
teachers want to receive frequent feedback on their teaching, and they want to be rewarded
for proving their ability to help students learn.17 Career pathways can provide young
teachers with the feedback and mentorship that they report are lacking.18 Additional pathways can provide
opportunities for these
teachers to grow and excel, which is critical in order to increase student achievement and retain great
teachers.
With an increasingly
less experienced and underprepared teaching force, we must consider professional development
opportunities for new and practicing
teachers.
Getting this myth «believed» meant new
opportunities to turn tax dollars into profits — profits from,
for example, paying a few
teachers more and many
teachers less; profits from designing standardized tests; profits from renting school facilities; profits from managing schools; profits from data management systems and test - scoring systems; and profits from selling software platforms and computing devices.